Enterprise Units (tcemm0130m000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain enterprise units.

When you double-click a record, the Enterprise Unit (tcemm0630m000) session is started.

 

Intercompany Trade Classification

An attribute consisting of a code and a description that is used to create groups of entities or enterprise units. To create a group, a number of entities or enterprise units is linked to an intercompany trade classification. These groups can be used to define intercompany trade relationships.

Example

A large international organization includes these enterprise units:

In Europe

  • UK
  • France
  • Belgium

In Asia

  • India
  • China
  • Japan

Trade classification Europe is linked to the European enterprise units and trade classification Asia is linked to the Asian enterprise units. You can set up trade relations, for example to define different trade agreements in Europe and Asia, such as:

  • Asia to Europe
  • Europe to Asia
  • Asia to Asia
  • Europe to Europe
Enterprise Unit

A financially independent part of your organization that includes entities such as departments, work centers, warehouses, and projects. The enterprise unit's entities must all belong to the same logistic company, but a logistic company can contain multiple enterprise units. An enterprise unit is linked to a single financial company.

When you carry out logistic transactions between enterprise units, the resulting financial transactions are posted to the financial companies to which each enterprise unit is linked.

Logistic Company

The enterprise unit's logistic company.

Financial Company

The enterprise unit's financial company.

In this company the data such as the exchange rate is stored, which is necessary for transactions between enterprise units in different countries.

Calendar

The calendar code and availability type combination by which the calendar working hours are defined.

Site

A business location of an enterprise that can maintain its own logistical data. It includes a collection of warehouses, departments and assembly lines at the same location. Sites are used to model the supply chain in a multisite environment.

These restrictions apply to sites:

  • A site cannot cross countries. The warehouses and departments of the site must be in the same country as the site.
  • A site is linked to one planning cluster. Consequently, all warehouses and work centers of a site must belong to the same planning cluster.
  • A site is linked to one logistic company.

You can link a site to an enterprise unit or an enterprise unit to a site.

If an enterprise unit is linked to a site, the entities of the site belong to the enterprise unit. Conversely, if a site is linked to an enterprise unit, the entities of the enterprise unit belong to the site.

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Default Purchase Office

The enterprise unit's default purchase office.

Default Calculation Office

If a PCS project is generated on a sales order or service order, the calculation office in this field can be used as the default calculation office for the PCS project, dependent on the value of the Enterprise Unit for calc.off. used from field in the Project Control Parameters (tipcs0100m000) session.

Note

The calculation office that you define in this field does not have to belong to the enterprise unit that is specified in the Enterprise Unit field, nor needs the calculation office's financial company to be the same as the financial company in the Financial Company field.

Enterprise Unit Category

A division within a system of classification for enterprise units or enterprise unit relationships.

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If this check box is selected, a text is present.

Currency System

The company's currency system.

The currency system defines how amounts are calculated and registered. The following currency systems are available:

Note

All the companies of a multicompany structure must use the same currency system.

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Local Currency

The currency of the country in which the company is located. Otherwise, the currency in which you report to the local tax authorities.

In a multicurrency situation, you can use three home currencies. The three home currencies that you can define for a company are:

  • The company's local currency
  • Reporting Currency 1
  • Reporting Currency 2
Reporting Currency 1

One of the companies' home currencies that you, for example, use to report financial results to management.

In a multicurrency situation, you can use three home currencies. You can define the following three home currencies for a company:

  • The company's local currency
  • Reporting currency 1
  • Reporting currency 2
Reporting Currency 2

One of the companies' home currencies that you, for example, use to report financial results to management.

In a multicurrency situation, you can use three home currencies. You can define the following three home currencies for a company:

  • The company's local currency
  • Reporting currency 1
  • Reporting currency 2
Address Code

A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information.

Country

Countries are the national states where your suppliers and customers are located. For each country you can define the country code, international dialing, telex, and fax codes.

Countries are part of the data that you must set up for tax reporting. In addition, items can be grouped and selected according to their country of origin.

Internal Business Partner

The internal business partner that is linked to the enterprise unit.

 

Next EU same Financial Company

Displays the next enterprise unit that belongs to the current financial company.

Next EU same Logistical Company

Displays the next enterprise unit that belongs to the current logistic company.